The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-10-04
HAVING A GOOD TIME.
The Presidential Party at st.
Louis.
A HEARTY WELCOME THERE'
The President Addresses the Olti%e"S
and Compliments Them-othor
News Notes.
. HEARTY WELCOME THERE.
The President In ST, Louis

sr Louis. October 2.-Shortly after III
o'clock this morning President Cleve-
land and wife, accompanied by Mayor
Francis and wife were driven to the
Washington Avenue Presbyterian
Chrrcb In the street and near the
church many people had asseInDleu'
INIT wev was easily made through tne
crovd and as the party passed 10 Lne
door of the church, the spectators IN
covered their heads, but made no otner
Somonqtration. The auditorium was
crowdpd and as the President passed
down the aisle, many of the congregs-
fion arose. A pew in front OF the cen
tre of the auditorium was ACCORDED Vne
visitors. There was no speclaI ar
ran0aments and the usual service was
conducted, without change. Ing
Dastor confined himself strlctly 10 nls
text land alluded to the president IN no
manner, except in the closing prayer,
when he invoked Dlesslng On .he
chief executive OF the country. -
close of the service, the PresloenIa,
marty left the church Immediately ana
returned to Mayor Francis residence
where thew dined. In the afternoon
they were driven to the Botanical gar
denis. and the evening was spent quletiy
et fbe Navor's House. The President
and Mrs. Cleveland appeared consloef-
abIy fatigued from the trip, but are
rapidly recuperatlng.
ST. LOUIS, October 3. - Until this
morning the President has been the
guest of Mayor Francis, but to-day and
Tomorrow he belongs to the people.
Fairer weather could not be asked.
The streets, cleaned by last nights
shower. are free from dust, and every
where along the line of the Presldents
ride the sidewalks were CROWDED 10
their utmost capacity. The Pres'oenIs
carriage, drawn by four rlchly'capa-
risoned. high stepping black horses'
and followed by five other carriages
provided for his travelling companions
and the local committee in charge,
reached the Francis mansion a few
minutes before 10 O'Clock. At lO15
the President and Mrs. Cleveland ap-
peared at the door, and were ap-
plauded by the crowd of ladies
and children that had gathered IN
the park in front of the residence. There
WAS noticeable absence OF men. MAJOR
RainWater entered the carriage with the
President and his wife, and In lew
minutes they were moving orlskly TO
ward the fair grounds, escorted Dy
SQUAD of mounted police and the cltl-
zens' committee in carriages. hundreds
of vehicles crowded with people awaited
on Grand Avenue, at the entrance OF
-Vandeyenter Place, and joined the pro-
cession which was strung out along the
avenue for moro than mile. There
was no noise whatever along the route,
except the Clatter of horses hoots on the
road, and the tramp of thousands OF
feet upou the beaten walks. No mishap
or incident occurred to mar the
pleasant morning drive, and at
lO.45 the party arrived at the
gate of the fair grounds.
The drive to the lair grounds was made
at trOt. 1t was children'S day, and
the youngsters we're out in great force.
They, with their mothers, nurses and
friends, packed the south OF the amphI-
theatre and surrounding promenade to
the number of sixty thousand. = brass
band on the pagods in the centre at
tempted to make itself heard. but the
shrilI-yoiced congregation rendered
everything bit the bass drum inaudible.
The visitors did not alight, and after
driving round the amphitheatre track,
a halt was made and Mrs. Cleveland
was presented by the lady superinten-
dent of the kindergarten schools with
3 handsome basket of flowers. The
children, led by bands, sang Hail
Columbia" and the cortege, after the
drive through the fair grounds, made
its way back To the city, where
they went directly 10 the Merchants
Exchange, Mrs Cleveland did not &C
company the President TO the Ex-
change, but was left en- route at the
residence of Mayor Francis, whence she
went to that of Mrs. Seaman, one OF the
society leaders, where the ladies of st.
Louis had an opportunity to pay their
RESPECTS. On arriving at the Merchants I
Exchange, the President was taken to
the directors room, where a large num-
Der of representative citizens from the
interior of the State were introduced to
him BY counties. When this ceremony
was over, the President was escorted
to the main hall of the Exchange.
The hall, which is 225 feet long and
100 wide, was jammed to its utmost
capacity with people. and the President
had difficulty in getting from the reCep
ton room to rhe platform. On the first
appearance OF the President cheers
went up from the multitude and as he
assembled the platform the enthusiasm
was intense. Frank Gainenne, presi- |
dent of the Merchants Exchange, in |
troduced Mayor Francis, and declared |
this the most suspicious day OF st. Louis |
within its history. Mayor Francis |
then welcomed the President to |
the city and State, and after |
another explosion of cheers |
the President responded as follows: AT |
I am expected to make an extended |
speech on this occasion, l am afraid |
that shall disappoint you, and this |
should be sorry to do after having sue
ceeded at last, through much tribula- |
ton, in standing face to face with my |
st. Louis friends. The tli,ulation of |
which 1 speak has arisen from the ex-
treme kindness of vast number of the |
American people and the cordial |
invitations they have rendered me
TO stop and see them on my
way to you. Your city was
the objective point of my travels in
this direction, but it has sometimes |
seemed to me that every town between |
Washington and here has been repre-
sented as being directly on my route |
and it has been hard to convince their |